SA faces toxic indoor air quality challenges

A pressing health crisis is looming over South Africa’s workforce as many companies neglect the hazardous state of indoor air quality within their premises. Lynne Kuter, director of air quality management company LEEP Solutions, says that numerous companies...

GenAI revolution heats up in Asia/Pacific

IDC’s latest Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide reveals that the Asia/Pacific region is witnessing an unprecedented surge in generative AI (GenAI) adoption including software, services, and hardware for AI-centric systems and with spending projected...

Dove challenges AI representation of beauty

Dove has launched a report titled The Real State of Beauty, a global study that aims to understand how beauty impacts women and girls today. A staggering 63% of South African women – and 35% of girls aged 10 to 17 – grapple with mid to low levels of...

The whole truth about whole grains

According to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) – The Whole Truth about Whole Grains – there is huge opportunity in food system transformation, but it’s critical to change what is grown, processed, and consumed thoughtfully and gradually....
There’s a wealth of opportunities in African banking

There’s a wealth of opportunities in African banking

While the African banking market has seen a withdrawal of global banks over the last five years, the opportunity for localised banking has seen the opposite, driven by the expansion of African banking groups into the continent and led mostly by South African, West...

EU AI Act will have global implications

Kathy Gibson reports – When the European Union (EU) passed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act last month, it set a comprehensive legal framework for rules on data quality, transparency, human oversight and accountability. Under the new legislation, AI applications...